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Almost as soon as the credits rolled on its Venice premiere, Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut A Star is Born was pegged as the one to beat this awards season. Couple that with news of Academy voters being turned away from ASIB screenings at 1,000-seat venues, a $42 million dollar opening weekend, and an enviable 90% Tomatometer score, it’s hard to envision any film slowing down the mega-hit musical’s momentum. But with well over three months until nominations go out and four months until Oscar night, all this Gaga-rrific hype might be just a bit premature. Especially when you look at what’s about to hit theaters. Last week, an impressive pair of trailers dropped that might cool this year’s iron-hot Oscar hopefuls. Clint Eastwood’s latest, The Mule, and Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic Vice reminded audiences – and potentially voters – that there are several potential spoiler films yet to be released. At this point, it’s all little more than educated guesswork, but here are our picks ...